[SOLVED] HOWTO: right click and open a file in Nautilus with gedit as root

[arnieboy]

we often need to edit files as root in a text editor. Now we can do this with a right click in Nautilus (no big deal about opening in terminal but what the heck!)
gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/gedit-root
Copy the following lines into the file and save it and close it.
#created by arnieboy
foo=`gksudo -u root -k -m "enter your password for gedit root access" /bin/echo "Do you have root access?"`
sudo gedit $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS
Then make it executable with
chmod +x ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/gedit-root
thats it you are all set. Now right click on any file in nautilus and under "scripts" u will find "gedit-root"
click and enjoy!
U can even select multiple files and open them in gedit as root in tabbed windows just by right clicking and using this script. The possibilities are endless.

[MButterman]

Thanks Arnie,
Breezy has been doing great. I have a question off topic though. Since I have k3b for my cd burning, how would I change the default player for mp3's from sound juicer to xmms. I have all codecs installed. thanks for the script. I've been looking for a way to do this without terminal.

My Best,
MButterman

[Nomearod]

Tanks for the how-to. This is really going to help me ^_^

i'm a noob at Linux. and sometimes I need to edit some files and I don't like go to the terminal and do the things there..

[mgor]

great tip!

[arnieboy]

Thanks Arnie,
Breezy has been doing great. I have a question off topic though. Since I have k3b for my cd burning, how would I change the default player for mp3's from sound juicer to xmms. I have all codecs installed. thanks for the script. I've been looking for a way to do this without terminal.

My Best,
MButterman
open nautilus, right click on any mp3 hit properties and change the default player from there.

[manicka]

Thanks arnieboy, this script since you made it available in hoary, has been something I have used extensively.

[arnieboy]

Thanks arnieboy, this script since you made it available in hoary, has been something I have used extensively.
thank u for all the appreciation manicka :)

[oldlucky]

Thankyou so much arnieboy that is a great tip.This is such a great forum you learn so much on here.:smile:

Cheers oldlucky

[hanzj]

how about a nautilus hack that allows sudo access to moving/renaming/et cetera of restricted folders/files?

[Omnios]

Cool Im also looking for right click open file as root. Used mostly to play abound with and update games with hacks and patches.

Edit re: does it work in 5.10 noticed that before end edited while you where posting. I was doing a bunch of searches and confused it with a 5.04 post

[arnieboy]

Does this work properly in Breezy
if it hadnt, i wudnt post it here.. wud I?

[Jaivaz]

A quick little question here. I enjoy using Mousepad more than gEdit, so if I changed a few things in the script to "mousepad" it should still work the same, correct?

[arnieboy]

A quick little question here. I enjoy using Mousepad more than gEdit, so if I changed a few things in the script to "mousepad" it should still work the same, correct?
since I dont use (and have never used Mousepad) i cant say. u can test and find out.

[lucaas]

The script seems doesn't work in Breezy, i choose the gedit-root script in the right-click menu, but there is no response.
Thanks your work all the same


lucaas

[arnieboy]

The script seems doesn't work in Breezy, i choose the gedit-root script in the right-click menu, but there is no response.
Thanks your work all the same


lucaas
"doesn't work in breezy" is wrong. "doesn't work for u" is more correct.
did u follow all the steps that I outlined? and are u sure u pasted the correct contents in the script and made it executable?

[lucaas]

I must make sth. wrong that i don't know.
I have followed your guide, just copy and paste the codes, but it still doesn't work for me. :-(
I type ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/gedit-root in the terminal, gedit can run as root
Is there other thing I have to be careful?
THANKS for your help

[pminetti]

Arnieboy:
It works very well but I like if you can explain a little how it works

thanks

[arnieboy]

Arnieboy:
It works very well but I like if you can explain a little how it works

thanks
which part of the script could you not understand?

[tomski]

thank you for the tip arnieboy cheers

[mcrosmar]

Great tip arnieboy. Thank you.....

[monotux]

Great tip!
Thanks :)

[LinuxWiz83]

What if that file is missing and you have gedit?

[arnieboy]

What if that file is missing and you have gedit?
it will refer u to an IQ test.

[mjkey]

Thank you for the great tip. A folder of great tips would sure help a simpleton like myself.

[Sionide]

Quality, nautilus scripts are one of those awesome features which aren't shown off enough.

[hanzj]

what other nautilus scripts would be handy?
what other nautilus scripts are available?

:-({|=

[Sionide]

Loads, check out; http://g-scripts.sourceforge.net/index.php

[dez]

This is slightly off topic , but I am having a really dumb moment.

How can I edit my right click context menu. In Hoary, it use to have "New Terminal", but in Breezy its gone. I want it back.


Thanks

[23meg]

Those who found this handy may also be interested in this trick: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24008

[hanzj]

The thread which 23meg refers to (and is original poster of) is handy, but I recommend you follow the instructions of alexp (post #8 ) (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=128057&postcount=8) to get that hack going.

:-({|=

[manicka]

This How-To is also available at the Ubuntu Document Storage Facility (http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Main_Page)

[LinuxWiz83]

it will refer u to an IQ test.

hey now you did not have to say it like that. I just was not awake obviously that day but thank you for the tip.